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Ruby's first week as an official Huntress in training had been every bit as awesome as she'd thought it would be. Sure some of the lessons could be a bit dull and she understood why they had to do them but most of the time what they were learning was pretty interesting.
When they'd arrived at Beacon Ruby had been hard pressed to contain her excitement. After the headmaster's speech they'd all followed the upperclassman that would be showing them to where they'd stay the night.
Max as she'd instructed them all to call her seemed really nice.
As an aficionado for all things Huntress related she of course followed the exploits of all the up and coming Huntsmen and Huntresses so naturally she'd heard about the prodigal younger Ozpin sibling.
Of course with someone like the elder Ozpin sibling as your brother fame probably was something that would have come regardless of skills.
It was amazing just how many famous and semi famous individuals there were at Beacon. Just about all of the teachers were leaders in their fields and most of the students were at least somewhat well known in some manner.
Pyrrha Nikos for instance was the four times Mistral regional champion, heck her own partner was the Schnee heiress.
Of course as the premier Huntsmen academy it was to be expected, but Ruby couldn't help but feel self-conscious when compared to such well known figures.
Thankfully even if Weiss could be a mean jerk sometimes most of the others seemed to be nice enough.
Initiation had been brutal and even aura couldn't heal all the bruises and aches she'd acquired but in the end they'd done it.
Her appointment to team leader had come as a shock but she was starting to get into the groove of things now.
So far their lessons had been mostly restricted to theory and getting used to the level of the material they would be studying.
The jump in the difficulty level of the material that students were required to learn at primer academies like Signal to that at an institution like Beacon was exponential. For Ruby, having skipped two years it was astronomic.
She'd struggled at first but slowly she felt like she was starting to mange. If there was one thing that Weiss was good at it was studying.
Today though, today it was finally time for their much anticipated first lesson with Goodwitch.
While knowledge learnt in classrooms and from books was important, the abilities and experience that only fighting other living opponents could provide were even more vital.
It would also be a chance for everyone to see where they stood amongst their peers.
Another reason that everyone had been so excited was that they would be getting to see an exhibition match between two of the third years. The general idea was that they'd get to see how tournament style duels were fought first hand and get a taste of what to expect from their seniors.
When they arrived she was literally bouncing with anticipation. Her obvious excitement was naturally accompanied by a great deal of grumbling from Weiss but she could tell by the way the other girl held herself that she was just as excited as she was even if she was trying to hide it.
She could be a bit strange like that, but after a week of knowing her she was starting to get used to Weiss's strange reticence and the other girl was finally starting to warm up to her.
Ruby almost couldn't contain her excitement when after a brief introductory speech from Goodwitch the promised exhibition match started.
When she recognized one of third years as Max she actually gave out a little cheer, today was going to be awesome.
Max was fast, very fast. For sheer speed she could probably outpace the green haired teacher Ruby had seen during lunch. For a speed freak like her it was rare to meet another and see them in action and Beacon had two!
It was one thing to read about it in a magazine and another to see her in action herself. It almost looked like she would teleport sometimes, and only some very astute observation from Ruby had been able to tell that she did move the intervening distances rather than actually materialising in a different location; even if most of the time it was almost too fast for even her to see. Ruby knew speed, and Max Caulfield had it in spades.
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